On
February 7, 2005, Kevin Ritchie distributed the following information releases.

Recently,
in the latest version of the Alaska Budget Report, Senator Gary Wilken was
quoted during a discussion concerning senior and disabled veterans’ property
tax exemption. When asked how he (the Senator) felt about the fact that
the exemption is mandated by the state, yet the state does not reimburse the
local governments, the Senator responded with:

“I guess I would ask each assembly to weigh in on that, what they’d like
to do. If all the governments, or a significant amount of governments, share
that request, I guess we can look at that.”

I
would, therefore, like to request that every municipality that levies a property
tax, write a letter, addressed to Senator Wilken and “weigh in” on the subject.